Swim Smarter
For children progressing to more advanced skills, Swim Smarter levels focus on refining strokes, increasing stamina, and introducing competitive and survival swimming techniques.
Sea lion
Neophoca cinerea
You are developing stroke technique.
As a sea lion, you build freestyle skills, focusing on body position and efficient side breathing. You are introduced to backstroke with arm movements and practise treading water with confidence.
You are strengthening your technique and independence in the water.
- Confident independent swimmers
- Class size of 5
- Can demonstrate basic breathing freestyle and backstroke
- Can demonstrate propulsion and floating unassisted
- Introduction to survival strokes
Stingray
Myliobatiformes
You are improving efficiency and distance.
As a stingray, you build stamina through longer swims while refining effortless freestyle and backstroke. You are introduced to sculling and develop stronger treading water skills as you explore deeper water, developing important survival skills.
You are becoming a confident and capable swimmer.
- Class size of 6
- Knowledge of water safety and awareness
- Practising freestyle and backstroke over longer distances (15m)
- Developing breaststroke kick
- Introduction to somersaults and tumble turns
- Learning treading water for extended time
Marlin
Istiophoridae
You are refining technique and endurance.
As a marlin, you strengthen your freestyle and backstroke while being introduced to breaststroke arms and kick. You complete longer swims to build stamina and begin taking greater responsibility for your learning and improvement.
You are swimming with strength and growing confidence.
- Class size of 8
- Can demonstrate unassisted freestyle and backstroke
- Development of correct technique breaststroke
- Knowledge of water safety and survival strokes
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